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a great many freedmen live in the vicinity and are eager to have a school started -

In and of the length of time it will take to thoroughly organize the County into School Districts and put in force the present School Law - and have suitable school house built under its provisions - I would suggest the propriety if not the necessity of establishing colored schools in neighborhoods where they could be successfully carried on -

Hoping to receive from you soon

I remain
Very Respectfully
A.A. Tufts
D,C.